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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ken Youens-Clark.

Biography

Ken Youens-Clark is a senior-level programmer with 24 years of experience developing software in industry and research environments (scientific programmer). He is the author of Tiny Python Projects published by Manning Publications.

Ken has deep knowledge of the entire software life-cycle experience, from design, execution, testing, release, and iteration. Ken is a creative thinker and innovator, constantly looking for ways to improve upon systems and interfaces. Ken enjoys mentoring younger developers through code reviews, book reviews, and teaching.

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Quotes

\u201cI didn\u2019t know I would be a programmer. And I didn\u2019t understand what that would mean as a career, but playing with computers seemed interesting to me.\u201d

\u201cI\u2019ve always dealt with a lot of imposter syndrome at every single level. You go into a place with pretty cool people who have CS degrees, some of whom were from MIT. These people were clearly better prepared for what we were doing, but I think I brought a different way of problem solving.\u201d

\u201cI didn\u2019t really understand maybe how languages were put together, but I could still use them very effectively.\u201d

\u201cI\u2019m not qualified on my own to go off and do research. But I can create the software that other people can use for that.\u201d

\u201cYou need to learn how to write 1 or 2 lines of code and then run your program. You don\u2019t write 50 lines of code and get your program to work.\u201d

\u201cYour own personal happiness should come first. That means at home too with your relationships and your health and your mental well being. All of these things need to be in line for you to grow in any sort of way whether it is professionally or personally.\u201d

\u2014Ken Youens-Clark

Additional Resources

The first five people who email the show at hello@develomentor.com will receive a code good for one free ebook copy of \u201cTiny Python Projects\u201d.\xa0

For those who don\u2019t want to send an email, you can get a 40% discount ON ALL Manning books, including \u201cTiny Python Projects\u201d by using the discount code poddevmen20.

Click here to buy \u201cTiny Python Projects\u201d by Manning Publications

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory \u2013 Advancing the frontiers of biology through education and research

Ken\u2019s YouTube Channel \u2013 https://www.youtube.com/user/kyclark

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